pch_gbe_get_strings(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pch_gbe_get_strings(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

Okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual for pch_gbe_get_strings — yes the whole thing is literally named after the function, that's just how manpages do. Pull up a chair 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

pch_gbe_get_strings — returns a set of strings that describe the requested objects. That's it, that's the whole job: you ask, it hands you the vibes in text form 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void pch_gbe_get_strings (struct net_device *netdev , u32 stringset , u8 *data );

Not me just handing you the whole signature on a little platter. It returns void — so like, no return value, it just does the thing and writes into data. Slay ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

Girl, there are three (3) of them and they all matter:

  • netdev — the network interface device structure. Yes, THE struct. The main character of this whole function, honestly 👑
  • stringset — picks which stringset you want. Your options are [ETH_SS_TEST] and [ETH_SS_STATS]. Choose wisely bestie 💅
  • data — pointer of read string data. It's where the strings land, so don't go passing nonsense 🍓

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Everything here lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c — like, that's the address, that's where the family lives 🏠

And the whole friend group, in order:

Look at that roster. Not a single flop in the bunch 😭💜

ngl this one is short and sweet — no warnings, no bugs, no deprecated anything. Just three args, two stringset constants, and a big ol' see-also list. Periodt 💀✨

Okay and finally, the little footer moment: this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... (yes it's truncated in the original, iykyk) and it's dated October 2026, all wrapped up under the name pch_gbe_get_strings(9). Bye bestie, go read your strings 🌈⭐🧚

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